Cleaning Out Unused Symbols?
Hey... I have a whole slew of fla files that I built one on top of another - that is, creating one, then using it as the basis for the next....
Consequently, as time went by there are dozens of unused symbols in the libraries.... is there a quick and easy way to simply get rid of unused/unpublished symbols - just so I can clean these files up?
Any help would be most appreciated !
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Posted on: 08-11-2003, 04:36 PM
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import caurina.transitions.*;
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, PopIn1);
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, PopOut1);
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Tweener.addTween(glow1, {alpha:1,time:1,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
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Tweener.addTween(nitrologo, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0.7, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
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So I'll start here.
This is part of the code I'm using for a little experiment that I've put together. It works fine, just needs cleaning.
There is a single movieclip on the stage, and to start, it is duplicated to 4 childs. These childs have 4 seperate rotations (0,90,180,270) and then they are duplicated lots of times on those settings, using a timer.
I was sure that I saw a simpler way of doing this somewhere, but I really can't remember where I saw it, and I haven't the foggiest what I need to look for, simply because I don't know what it's called.
I'll also add the fla file, just in case.
Any help would be awesome! Thanks guys!
ATT: Light_Rotation.fla
Code:
function createTrailBall(e:Event):void {
// Create Child1 and add info
var trailBall1:Orb=new Orb();
trailBall1.x = trailPosition;
trailBall1.y = trailPosition;
trailBall1.rotation = 0;
// Create Child2 and add info
var trailBall2:Orb=new Orb();
trailBall2.x = trailPosition;
trailBall2.y = trailPosition;
trailBall2.rotation = 90;
// Create Child3 and add info
var trailBall3:Orb=new Orb();
trailBall3.x = trailPosition;
trailBall3.y = trailPosition;
trailBall3.rotation = 180;
// Create Child4 and add info
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trailBall4.y = trailPosition;
trailBall4.rotation = 270;
[color="DimGray"]
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trailBall2.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,animateTrailBall);
trailBall3.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,animateTrailBall);
trailBall4.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,animateTrailBall);
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addChildAt(trailBall1,0);
addChildAt(trailBall2,0);
addChildAt(trailBall3,0);
addChildAt(trailBall4,0);
}
// Function for changeing Childs on stage
function animateTrailBall(e:Event):void {
e.target.rotation += rotationSpeed;
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e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,animateTrailBall);
removeChild((MovieClip)(e.target));
}
}
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} else if (MovieClip(this.parent.parent).myMovieSelection == MovieClip(this.parent.parent).portSelection) {
if (MovieClip(this.parent.parent).portRefPos != MovieClip(this.parent.parent).mainContent_mc.mainContent_mc.refPos) {
MovieClip(this.parent.parent).mainContent_mc.mainContent_mc.gotoAndPlay("Current Reload");
}
}
}
}
Help Cleaning A File
Hey all,
I have a question for you getting into Geom/Trig and getting a dynamic equation to work with a geoboard I'm making. It's still kind of in the beginning stages, and I have the initial band laying more or less working, but the "wrap" effect is a little screwy, and I'm not really sure what's going on.
Basically, if you choose to lay a band at a 45º angle, it will work just fine. Get outside of that, and it gets a little screwy, but still workable. The biggest problem is that (based on the bass-ackerds Flash Cartesian Plane) if you run a line to quadrant 2 || 3, then it reverses the "wrap around" code, and so it wraps inwards instead outwards.
So the question is, is there anything you guys can suggest to get this working all the time? And possibly clean up my Math a bit as well... I haven't done serious Geom/Trig in about 15 years or so, and I don't know that what I am attempting is actually the best way to go about what I am trying to do.
The file is below, but here's the "problematic" code:
ActionScript Code:
function findTanLine(pinNum:Number,lastPoint:Boolean):Object {
var tanLineInfo:Object = new Object;
var point1:Point;
var point2:Point;
var angle:Number;
var perpendicularAngle:Number;
var oppositeLength:Number;
var adjacentLength:Number;
var curveXLength:Number;
var curveYLength:Number;
var radius:Number = 5;
var invert:Boolean;
if (!lastPoint) { //used to determine if it's the last "point" in the band. This is only really necessary
//to determine orientation, so that I can calculate the correct control points in the correct order.
point1 = bandArray[bandNumber][pinNum];
point2 = bandArray[bandNumber][pinNum+1];
} else if (lastPoint) {
point1 = bandArray[bandNumber][pinNum];
point2 = bandArray[bandNumber][1]; //this is the "first" point, so it also acts as the "closing" point.
}
var pointX:Number = point2.x-point1.x; //used to triangulate so I can get the X/Y lengths and get the angle.
var pointY:Number = point2.y-point1.y; //used to triangulate so I can get the X/Y lengths and get the angle.
angle = Math.atan2(pointY,pointX); //Gets the angle of the band
trace(angle+": Angle");
perpendicularAngle = angle+((3*Math.PI)/2); //gets the perpendicular bisector. I THINK I could use PI/2 as well, but no tested.
oppositeLength = radius*Math.sin(perpendicularAngle); //gets the X/Y of the tangential.
adjacentLength = radius*Math.cos(perpendicularAngle);
curveXLength = radius*Math.sin(angle); //this gets the X/Y of an extension of the original line.
curveYLength = radius*Math.cos(angle);
trace((point2.x+curveXLength)+": DeltaX;
"+(point2.y+curveYLength)+": DeltaY;");
tanLineInfo.pointOneX = point1.x+adjacentLength; //X of start of Tangent line
tanLineInfo.pointOneY = point1.y+oppositeLength; //Y of start of Tangent line
tanLineInfo.pointTwoX = point2.x+adjacentLength; //X of end of the Tangent line
tanLineInfo.pointTwoY = point2.y+oppositeLength; //Y of end of the Tangent line
//This is the part that I'm REALLY not sure about. This is to return the build points so the line curves around
//the "pins". Something is wrong with it, and it needs to be cleaned and/or simplified. As things are, on the
//first pass, if the change in X (pointX) is negative, then it seems to invert the "curve" points, and so it curves
//inward around the pin, instead of outward around the pin. It's also dependant on whether or not it's the last point.
//I think the idea is sound, but the practice is wrong...
if (!lastPoint && angle>0) {
tanLineInfo.curveXPoint = point2.x+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.curveYPoint = point2.y+curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1X = point2.x-oppositeLength+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1Y = point2.y-adjacentLength+curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2X = point2.x+oppositeLength+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2Y = point2.y+adjacentLength+curveYLength;
} else if (!lastPoint && angle<=0) {
tanLineInfo.curveXPoint = point2.x-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.curveYPoint = point2.y-curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1X = point2.x+oppositeLength-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1Y = point2.y+adjacentLength-curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2X = point2.x-oppositeLength-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2Y = point2.y-adjacentLength-curveYLength;
} else if (lastPoint && angle>0) {
tanLineInfo.curveXPoint = point2.x-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.curveYPoint = point2.y-curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1X = point2.x+oppositeLength-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1Y = point2.y+adjacentLength-curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2X = point2.x-oppositeLength-curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2Y = point2.y-adjacentLength-curveYLength;
} else if (lastPoint && angle<=0) {
tanLineInfo.curveXPoint = point2.x+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.curveYPoint = point2.y+curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1X = point2.x-oppositeLength+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve1Y = point2.y-adjacentLength+curveYLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2X = point2.x+oppositeLength+curveXLength;
tanLineInfo.controlCurve2Y = point2.y+adjacentLength+curveYLength;
}
return tanLineInfo; //return the Object with the info bound to it.
}
This snippet is just the function that returns all the dynamic drawing points by binding the variables to an object, and just returning that object. Like I said, this is still early on in the process, and I haven't actually classed things out yet, I just wanted to toss this out there and see if anyone with a better grasp of the Geom/Trig than I has any better ideas on how to tackle this.
Thanks in advance for looking!
Cleaning Up Code
Worked on this for a while, does the jpb, but because of the way I have done it, I can't get any removeMovieClip() functions to work on the new instances . . .
Need it cleaned up an in a way that I can use a removeMovieClip on it and have it actually remove them all.
Very Tired an need a new pair of eyes on this.
ActionScript Code:
/*********** Row One ***********/function row_one() { X = 400; Y = 340; scale = 100; for (i; i<3; i++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_one"+i, i); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 165; } }/*********** Row Two ***********/function row_two() { X = 205; Y = 410; scale = 125; for (ii; ii<3; ii++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_two"+i, i); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 195; } }/************* Row Three *************/function row_three() { X = 175; Y = 500; scale = 150; for (iii; iii<3; iii++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_three"+i, i); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 225; } }row_one();row_two();row_three();
I have almost the same code in three different frames, just using different instabnces as the basis for the duplication, and another layer that has a timer, when timer runs out, takes you to the scoreboard, now all was working well before i changed it to duplicate function, I just pulled them in from the library, but they weren't all the same size an crap (for perspective) But now ehn I get to the scoreboard, the darn things are still running.
Need to kill em off somehow.
Thanx in advance.
Cleaning The Stage?
Hello, everyone. I need some help. I have a stage that's filled with dynamically generated isometric objects [ in the shape of a smiley, placed according to an array ], and when i click a button, i would like the stage to be cleared, then another frame with another isometric code and another array to load.
The problem i am facing now is that the items positionned from the smiley are still on the stage if the next array is smaller than the previous one. Do you guys/gals know of any way i could clear the stage before going on the next frame? Currenlty, i tried unloadMovieNum(depth) in between with this code:
Code:
n = 50;
onEnterFrame = function(){
trace(n);
n--;
unloadMovieNum(n);
if ( n<=0){
nextFrame();
} else { stop(); }
}
What happens is that it clears the stage, but doesnt load anything in teh following frame.
I hope that i was clear. If any confusion prevails, please answer the questions that linger in your minds.
Thank you in advance.
Cleaning Up Arrays
I was wondering how to check an array for a blank index and removing it.
Right now I have this:
ActionScript Code:
function cleanArray (it) { for (var i = 0; i < it.length; i++) { if (it [i] == undefined) { it.splice (i, 1); } } }
But it doesnt seem t work for me. What do you usually use?
Help Cleaning This Code
I'm relatively new to AS3 and learning. I would like to know how to reduce this code by maybe using arrays or loops? and still work the same. I'm using Tweener here. I pasted 2 of 6 buttons actions and if I wanted to make 6 or more buttons seems like alot of code?
import caurina.transitions.*;
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, PopIn1);
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, PopOut1);
function PopIn1(e:MouseEvent):void {
Tweener.addTween(glow1, {alpha:1,time:1,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(arrow1, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(text1, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0.8, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(step1, {scaleX:1, scaleY:1,delay:0.61,time:0.5,transition:"easeInOut Sine"});
Tweener.addTween(logo, {alpha:0,time:0.5,delay:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(nitrologo, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0.7, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
lines.sublines.play()
step1.lines.sublines.play()
arrow1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
function PopOut1(e:MouseEvent):void {
Tweener.addTween(step1, {scaleX:0, scaleY:0,time:0.5,transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(logo, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(glow1, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(arrow1, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(text1, {alpha:0,time:0.5,delay:0.3, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(nitrologo, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
lines.sublines.stop()
step1.lines.sublines.stop()
}
but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, PopIn2);
but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, PopOut2);
function PopIn2(e:MouseEvent):void {
Tweener.addTween(text2, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0.8, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(glow2, {alpha:1,time:1,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(arrow2, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(step2, {scaleX:1, scaleY:1,delay:0.5,time:0.5,transition:"easeInOutS ine"});
Tweener.addTween(logo, {alpha:0,time:0.5,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(nitrologo, {alpha:1,time:0.5,delay:0.65, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
arrow2.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
function PopOut2(e:MouseEvent):void {
Tweener.addTween(step2, {scaleX:0, scaleY:0,time:0.5,transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(logo, {alpha:1,time:1,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(glow2, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(arrow2, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(text2, {alpha:0,time:0.5,delay:0.3, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
Tweener.addTween(nitrologo, {alpha:0,time:0.3,delay:0, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
}
Cleaning Up Listeners
this entire site's content is contained in a single fla (no external loading)
on my "load page" method, i add all the listeners needed for that "page"
i have an "unload page" method that removes these listeners, because it may cause problems and conflicts with new mouse events of other pages...
these listeners carry a decent amount of weight.
is it beneficial to performance or memory management to remove ALL listeners that aren't needed? or does this not matter?
if there was no benefit, then i would be able to add some listeners on init, and never have to remove, re-add them. this would make code more manageable.
Cleaning Up Code
Worked on this for a while, does the jpb, but because of the way I have done it, I can't get any removeMovieClip() functions to work on the new instances . . .
Need it cleaned up an in a way that I can use a removeMovieClip on it and have it actually remove them all.
Very Tired an need a new pair of eyes on this.
ActionScript Code:
/*********** Row One ***********/function row_one() { X = 400; Y = 340; scale = 100; for (i; i<3; i++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_one"+i, i); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_one"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 165; } }/*********** Row Two ***********/function row_two() { X = 205; Y = 410; scale = 125; for (ii; ii<3; ii++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_two"+i, i); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_two"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 195; } }/************* Row Three *************/function row_three() { X = 175; Y = 500; scale = 150; for (iii; iii<3; iii++) { duplicateMovieClip(_root.easy, "row_three"+i, i); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _x, X); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _y, Y); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _xscale, scale); setProperty ("row_three"+i, _yscale, scale); i++; X += 225; } }row_one();row_two();row_three();
I have almost the same code in three different frames, just using different instabnces as the basis for the duplication, and another layer that has a timer, when timer runs out, takes you to the scoreboard, now all was working well before i changed it to duplicate function, I just pulled them in from the library, but they weren't all the same size an crap (for perspective) But now ehn I get to the scoreboard, the darn things are still running.
Need to kill em off somehow.
Thanx in advance.
Cleaning The Stage?
Hello, everyone. I need some help. I have a stage that's filled with dynamically generated isometric objects [ in the shape of a smiley, placed according to an array ], and when i click a button, i would like the stage to be cleared, then another frame with another isometric code and another array to load.
The problem i am facing now is that the items positionned from the smiley are still on the stage if the next array is smaller than the previous one. Do you guys/gals know of any way i could clear the stage before going on the next frame? Currenlty, i tried unloadMovieNum(depth) in between with this code:
Code:
n = 50;
onEnterFrame = function(){
trace(n);
n--;
unloadMovieNum(n);
if ( n<=0){
nextFrame();
} else { stop(); }
}
What happens is that it clears the stage, but doesnt load anything in teh following frame.
I hope that i was clear. If any confusion prevails, please answer the questions that linger in your minds.
Thank you in advance.
Cleaning Up The Actionscript?
Hello everyone,
I'm wondering if there is some type of command in flash, to be able to look thru the actionscript to find any code that refers to a movieclip that is no longer there.
Kind of like the auto indenting/error finder command in the AS window. But to just find actionscript that has no point (movie1._x = random()) - when "movie1" is no longer there
Please help
[AS] Help Cleaning My Code
Hey guys so i made a movieClip that is my button, on layer one, on layer 2 which is on top i made a blue box which is multiplied using flash 8 blend modes and its alpha is set to zero.
When you rollover it fades in using the tween and on rollout is fades out.
I wanted to keep in minimal moviclips so i added the same mc button 5 times to make a nav and i assigned button labels and i have each one use a different icon using the attachMovie.
The functions for rolover and rollout are set but what I need help in is cleaning up my code so its not so repetetive.
If u see below I am using the same stuff over and over. Please help.
Thanks In Advance,
Robert
ActionScript Code:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
//button Labels
this.company.btnLabel.text = "COMPANY OVERVIEW";
this.services.btnLabel.text = "SERVICES";
this.affiliates.btnLabel.text = "AFFILIATES & PARTNERS";
this.submit.btnLabel.text = "SUBMIT AN ACCOUNT";
this.contact.btnLabel.text = "CONTACT";
//button Icons
this.company.attachMovie("company_i", "company_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:20, _y:20});
this.services.attachMovie("services_i", "services_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:18, _y:20});
this.affiliates.attachMovie("affiliates_i", "affiliates_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:18, _y:20});
this.submit.attachMovie("submit_i", "submit_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:18, _y:20});
this.contact.attachMovie("contact_i", "contact_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:18, _y:20});
//
//buttons
this.company.onRollOver = function() {
roll(company.rollEffect);
};
this.company.onRollOut = function() {
roll_O(company.rollEffect);
};
this.services.onRollOver = function() {
roll(services.rollEffect);
};
this.services.onRollOut = function() {
roll_O(services.rollEffect);
};
this.affiliates.onRollOver = function() {
roll(affiliates.rollEffect);
};
this.affiliates.onRollOut = function() {
roll_O(affiliates.rollEffect);
};
this.submit.onRollOver = function() {
roll(submit.rollEffect);
};
this.submit.onRollOut = function() {
roll_O(submit.rollEffect);
};
this.contact.onRollOver = function() {
roll(contact.rollEffect);
};
this.contact.onRollOut = function() {
roll_O(contact.rollEffect);
};
//Button Effects
//RollOverFunction
function roll(btn_mc:MovieClip):Void {
new Tween(btn_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 15, false);
}
//RollOutFunction
function roll_O(btn_mc:MovieClip):Void {
new Tween(btn_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 100, 0, 30, false);
}
//
Overlapping Symbols Inside Symbols With An Alpha Tween
Hello,
In the attached example, Is it possible to prevent the purple overlap area from showing and just be red since red's on top? I have characters that use symbols for arms, legs, etc. and I want to fade them in and out sometimes. The problem is, the areas where the limbs overlap look weird so I have to resort to converting them to shapes on one keyframe. This seems limiting and annoying. I was wondering if there's a command, extension, or property to fix this. Thanks in advance.
Is It Not Possible To Assign Instance Names To Symbols Within Symbols In Flash CS3?
Detail question on nha khoa Adobe group
OK, so I have a player object. I created a symbol that is linked to the player. Inside the symbol I have 2 symbols. 1 is the sprite that displays the player, the other is a rectangle box that is used for collision detection.
I tried giving the collision box an instance name in the property editor so I could reference the collision box from code. The Player symbol is linked to a Player class I wrote earlier so it creates an instance of the Player class. The error I get is this:
ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property myCollBox on Player.
myCollBox was the instance name I gave that collision box symbol. I thought maybe I had to make the collision box also linked to a class to be exported for action script, but that didn't seem to help.
Cleaning Up Borders/edges
Been playing with some backgrounds and scenes trying to expand my animation library.
How do I clean up around the outer edges of my Flash art? For example, if my movie is 600x400, I'd like to have a nice rounded edge "movie" screen that is 595x395, and have all the "junk" that flowed over the edges to be deleted.
Sorry if this is a neophyte question, I'm not sure if I need to make a basic "background" bottom layer and delete around it, or what.
Thanks in advance.
tekchic
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